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View Poll Results: If a Hammock Camping Merit Badge Group-buy is offered, I would order:

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2c show proper hammock site selection, making sure to hang clear of widow makers and dead support trees.
3 Show first aid for hammock related injuries. (BSA merit badges always has a first aid requirement!)

Site selection should note prevailing wind direction, location of game trails, distance from ridgelines and streams, too.

By the way, what are some typical hammock related injuries? I got a bad bump once when my suspension slipped, but that's all I recall. A pre-hang safety check of suspension, tarp, and bugnet would be a good idea.

Sleep in your hammock on 5 separate camping trips.
Describe the benefits of hammock camping.
Demonstrate how to properly hang a hammock and how hanging it properly does not damage the trees being used.
Learn the LNT principles and use these principles on 3 campouts. Recite and describe the LNT principles to your patrol.

PS: Our new troop logo is of a hammock hanging in the mountains. We might use that as the Merit Badge graphic

All the replies are great, can't really add too much to what has been already said! One thought though, is adding sub-categories to the list, ie..

How to hang your hammock system: (includes tarp/hammock/insulation) for fair weather and foul weather! Hanging your system while it's pouring down rain is just a little different (or tougher to get right/perfect) than when it's nice and sunny!

Other's can be added to the already made comment's (list) and would make for a good general understanding of Hanging and what it takes!

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